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Herwig van Staa: ''Antonella Cagnolati has played a major part in the renewal of the Congress as Director''

Herwig van Staa: ''Antonella Cagnolati has played a major part in the renewal of the Congress as Director''[08/02/2013]

Herwig van Staa, President of the Congress, has praised the contribution of Antonella Cagnolati as Director of the Congress and warmly thanked her for her work, in particular during the reform of the Congress. “Antonella has played a major part in the renewal of the Congress as Director”, he said. Ms Cagnolati was Director of the Congress from 2004, after lengthy experience at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Her duties at the Congress ended on 31 January 2013. Manuel Lezertua, who currently heads the Directorate of Legal Advice and Public International Law, has been appointed Director of the Congress as from 1 March 2013.